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Where does “remete” come from?

remete (Hungarian) comes from Italian eremita, from Late Latin eremita, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης, from Ancient Greek ἐρημία, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

remete (Hungarian): hermit, eremite, anchorite

Definitions

  1. hermit, eremite, anchorite

Ancestry of “remete”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianeremitahermit
2Late Latineremitahermit, eremite; anchorite; recluse
3Ancient Greekἐρημίτηςperson of the desert
4Ancient Greekἐρημίαdesert, desolate/uninhabited area,wilderness;...
5Ancient Greek-ίτηςSuffix forming a masculine noun: one connected...
6Ancient Greekπολῑ́τηςcitizen
7Ancient Greek-τηςForms nouns representing a state of being; Added...
8Proto-Hellenic-tāts—
9Proto-Indo-European-teh₂tsUsed to form nouns representing state of being
10Proto-Indo-European-teh₂Used to form nouns representing state of being
11Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “remete”

  • remeterák
  • remetelak
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